John Poyer, Second World War hero who received purple heart is strangled to death by neighbor in robbery.

John Poyer, an 88 year old World War II veteran who went on to win the Purple Heart has been murdered and robbed by his next door neighbor.

To date Elgin, Chicago authorities have not told when John Poyer was murdered except to say that his body was discovered on November 22 after a concerned relative went on to call authorities after failing to reach Poyer.

At a press conference in Elgin today, his family described Poyer as a ‘great family man’ who exercised every day at 5 am and watched videos of his family every morning.

During the war, John Poyer almost lost his legs serving in Germany and was allegedly strangled to death by Matthew L. Stoecklein, 55, who lived in the same two-story apartment block as John Poyer.

Alexis Zwerenz, Poyer’s great granddaughter, said the two were best friends and was always taking pictures of her on his camera.